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Formats for loading data directly into tables from docs not matching actual support
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Description
Hi,
I tried opening an xls file with the open command and got garbled output. I checked the docs and saw that it was supposed to be able to open xls files. Looked into what "from commands" actually existed using the sample command from the open docs (See copy of command at bottom) and xls was not in the list. I'm not sure what is the best way to "correct" this mismatch.
The list I'm referring to in the docs is defined here
The following are in the docs but not supported in my version of nu (0.111.0)
- eml
- ics
- ini
- vcf
- xls
The following show when I run the command to get the "from commands" in scope but do not appear in the documentation:
- msgpack
- msgpackz
Command from Open Docs Showing List of From formats
Command
> scope commands
| where name starts-with "from "
| insert extension { get name | str replace -r "^from " "" | $"*.($in)" }
| select extension name
| rename extension command
Output for me on nu 0.111.0
╭────┬────────────┬───────────────╮
│ # │ extension │ command │
├────┼────────────┼───────────────┤
│ 0 │ *.csv │ from csv │
│ 1 │ *.json │ from json │
│ 2 │ *.msgpack │ from msgpack │
│ 3 │ *.msgpackz │ from msgpackz │
│ 4 │ *.nuon │ from nuon │
│ 5 │ *.ods │ from ods │
│ 6 │ *.ssv │ from ssv │
│ 7 │ *.toml │ from toml │
│ 8 │ *.tsv │ from tsv │
│ 9 │ *.url │ from url │
│ 10 │ *.xlsx │ from xlsx │
│ 11 │ *.xml │ from xml │
│ 12 │ *.yaml │ from yaml │
│ 13 │ *.yml │ from yml │
╰────┴────────────┴───────────────╯
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Research direction
Compare the format list in book/loading_data.md with the output of the documented scope commands query for Nushell 0.111.0. Determine which list is authoritative, update the loading-data and open-command documentation as appropriate, and rerun the query to verify that documented formats match actual support.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- shell
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100